One of the last remaining movie palaces in the city. You will find this theater along Market Street on the edge of the Tenderloin. It is used for live performances, mostly big traveling productions. Lovely inside and a good place to see a show.

Holy Playbills, Friends! Going to the Golden Gate Theater in San Francisco is a fun time. Sure, you need to stand up to let people pass you by in your row. But it's a theater, and most people know to say, Pardon me. Excuse me. Thank you very much and the like. You can see the stage over the heads of the people in front of you. And the acoustics are good. Yes, you can get through the line for the ladies' room at intermission and make it back to your seat in time. That's pretty much all I need in a theater experience. We ordered kettle corn and water on the app during intermission, but it never came. We got our money back, so no biggie. The theater is pretty and clean, both inside and in the lobby. The courteous people scanning our tickets and helping us to our seats executed their jobs well. What's not the theater's fault? It's a somewhat unpleasant walk down Market Street to get there. We parked at the Embarcadero Center, thinking it might be a lovely afternoon for a walk. Alas. Will things go wrong on an outing to the theater? Of course. Things go wrong every day at home, so why should I think any differently anywhere else? We made it a brisk walk, and we were fine. I am so happy we went to the theater. Spamalot was a hoot and a half.

Horrible nonexistent legroom and the smallest seats ever. I am a 5’3” petite person and my legs hurt because they were digging into the seats in front. These seats are not made for adult humans. The show was good. View from every seat is great as it’s a smaller theater. It was easy to get in and out and lines for concessions were short.The surrounding area is sad. Feces on the street. Homeless people and tents line the street and a lot of garbage on Taylor Street. Most stores are closed and boarded up with homeless people set up in front. We felt unsafe. I would think twice about returning to this theater.

This is a grand old theater. Used to be for movies but now features live performances, usually traveling broadway shows. Located right at a BART station, so you will not have to walk far. The area around it can be sketchy, but when we were there it was fine with a lot of normal people headed to events.

The theater itself was beautiful but the walk to the theater was not. It's sad to see how bad the housing crisis has got in the California - almost every street to get there had people living in tents, sleeping on the sidewalk, and sadly, using. It was hard to find a place that felt safe enough to park and walk to the theater. Even right outside the theater there was a homeless woman yelling on the street. Once inside, the theater is a good size, not too big, so any seat felt like it had a decent view of the stage. We made it there safely and had a wonderful time seeing The Wiz but the location is definitely making me reconsider getting tickets here again.